[PATCH] arm64: KVM: Configure TCR_EL2.PS at runtime
Christoffer Dall
christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Thu Feb 11 05:27:08 PST 2016
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:46:53AM -0800, tchalamarla at caviumnetworks.com wrote:
> From: Tirumalesh Chalamarla <tchalamarla at caviumnetworks.com>
>
> Setting TCR_EL2.PS to 40 bits is wrong on systems with PS size is
> less than 40 bits. and with systems where RAM is at higher address,
> this will break KVM.
>
> This patch sets TCR_EL2.PS at runtime similar to VTCR_EL2.PS
>
> changes form V2:
> - Modified subject line and commit message.
> - Removed TCR_EL2_FLAGS.
>
> changes from V1:
> - Moved to dynamic configuration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tirumalesh Chalamarla <tchalamarla at caviumnetworks.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 2 --
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S | 12 +++++++-----
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> index 738a95f..3776db0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> @@ -107,8 +107,6 @@
> #define TCR_EL2_MASK (TCR_EL2_TG0 | TCR_EL2_SH0 | \
> TCR_EL2_ORGN0 | TCR_EL2_IRGN0 | TCR_EL2_T0SZ)
>
> -#define TCR_EL2_FLAGS (TCR_EL2_RES1 | TCR_EL2_PS_40B)
> -
> /* VTCR_EL2 Registers bits */
> #define VTCR_EL2_RES1 (1 << 31)
> #define VTCR_EL2_PS_MASK (7 << 16)
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
> index 3e568dc..b5ab1b0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ __do_hyp_init:
> mrs x4, tcr_el1
> ldr x5, =TCR_EL2_MASK
> and x4, x4, x5
> - ldr x5, =TCR_EL2_FLAGS
> + ldr x5, =TCR_EL2_RES1
> orr x4, x4, x5
>
> #ifndef CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS_48
> @@ -85,15 +85,17 @@ __do_hyp_init:
> ldr_l x5, idmap_t0sz
> bfi x4, x5, TCR_T0SZ_OFFSET, TCR_TxSZ_WIDTH
> #endif
> - msr tcr_el2, x4
> -
> - ldr x4, =VTCR_EL2_FLAGS
> /*
> * Read the PARange bits from ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1 and set the PS bits in
> - * VTCR_EL2.
> + * TCR_EL2 and VTCR_EL2.
> */
> mrs x5, ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1
> bfi x4, x5, #16, #3
> +
> + msr tcr_el2, x4
> +
> + ldr x4, =VTCR_EL2_FLAGS
> + bfi x4, x5, #16, #3
> /*
> * Read the VMIDBits bits from ID_AA64MMFR1_EL1 and set the VS bit in
> * VTCR_EL2.
> --
> 2.1.0
>
This looks reasonable enough for me. Did we limit Linux to PS=40 bits
in the past and have lifted this restriction, or why did we have this
limitation for EL2 translations in the past?
Thanks,
-Christoffer
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